There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.

I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.

I may forget my dignity, but you may not.

The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.

The limitations of pleasure cannot be overcome by more pleasure.

Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.

In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.